Peter Cooper

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Peter Cooper was a 19th-century American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist best known for founding The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
human
industrialist
inventor
philanthropist
burialPlace Brooklyn
Green-Wood Cemetery
candidateInElection 1876 United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential election of 1876
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Edward Cooper
Sarah Amelia Cooper
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1791-02-12
dateOfDeath 1883-04-04
designed Tom Thumb (locomotive)
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Cooper
fieldOfWork education philanthropy
engineering
manufacturing
founded Cooper Union
Cooper Union
surface form: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
givenName Peter
hasHeritage English descent
hasPart Cooper Union Foundation Building
surface form: Cooper Union Foundation Building (as founder’s project)
honoredIn Cooper Square
surface form: Cooper Square, Manhattan
knownFor development of the Tom Thumb steam locomotive
founding Cooper Union
philanthropy in education
memberOfPoliticalParty Greenback Party
name Peter Cooper self-link
notableWork Cooper Union
surface form: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
occupation businessperson
industrialist
inventor
philanthropist
politician
owned glue factory
iron works in New York
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
placeOfDeath Manhattan
New York City
positionHeld presidential candidate of the Greenback Party
religion Unitarianism
residence Gramercy
surface form: Gramercy Park, Manhattan

New York City
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah Bedell

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Cooper Union founder Peter Cooper
Cooper Union namedAfter Peter Cooper
Tom Thumb manufacturer Peter Cooper
subject surface form: Tom Thumb (locomotive)
Tom Thumb designer Peter Cooper
subject surface form: Tom Thumb (locomotive)
Sarah Cooper Hewitt relative Peter Cooper
Sarah Cooper Hewitt notableRelative Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper Hewitt hasRelative Peter Cooper
Greenback Party nominated Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper name Peter Cooper self-link
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States hasNotableBurials Peter Cooper
subject surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery
Cyrus West Field businessPartner Peter Cooper
Abram Stevens Hewitt fatherInLaw Peter Cooper
Foundation Building commissionedBy Peter Cooper
Foundation Building associatedWith Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper Monument dedicatedTo Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper Monument honors Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper Monument depicts Peter Cooper